Using mortality registers and administrative data on income and population, we develop new evidence on the magnitude of life expectancy inequality in Hungary and the scope for health policy in mitigating this. We document considerable inequalities in life expectancy at age 45 across settlement-level income groups, and show that these inequalities have increased between 1991–96 and 2011–16 for both men and women. We show that avoidable deaths play a large role in life expectancy inequality. Income-related inequalities in health behaviours, access to care, and healthcare use are all closely linked to the inequality in life expectancy.

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利用死亡率记录和有关收入和人口的行政数据，我们得出了匈牙利预期寿命不平等的严重程度以及缓解这一状况的卫生政策范围的新证据。我们记录了不同定居点收入组在45岁时的预期寿命中的不平等现象，并表明，在1991-96年至2011-16年之间，男女不平等现象均在加剧。我们表明，可避免的死亡在预期寿命不平等中起着重要作用。与健康有关的收入方面的不平等行为，获得保健的机会以及医疗保健的使用均与预期寿命的不平等密切相关。

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